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Thousands stranded & flights STILL grounded at Birmingham Airport with families left in tears over summer holiday chaos
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THOUSANDS of passengers are still facing disruption with flights still grounded at Birmingham Airport today.
The Midlands airport was hit with travel chaos on Wednesday after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing when it experienced issues with its landing gear.
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A small private plane had an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport yesterday
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Around 100 flights were impacted, with photos posted online yesterday showing the airport crammed with annoyed travellers
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Passengers waiting outside the Departure gate at Birmingham Airport yesterday
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The plane took off at 1.16pm, rose to 5,750 feet and almost immediately entered a holding pattern before passing the airport at about 300ft.
The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air was then forced to turn back to Birmingham for a bumpy landing just before 2pm following the emergency diversion.
All departures and arrivals at the Midlands airport were grounded until 8pm yesterday evening.
Birmingham Airport has since reopened its runway and resumed operations.
But passengers are still struggling to reach their holiday destinations or to return home as further flights today are grounded or heavily delayed due to knock-on effects.
The airport has asked that all passengers check flight details with their airlines and follow advice issued by them.
At least 14 flights have been either delayed or are estimated be delayed by 45 minutes or more.
And 29 flights have either been or are set to be minorly delayed, reports the Independent.
Three people from the plane were treated at the airport yesterday and one person had minor injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
Around 100 flights were impacted, with photos posted online showing the airport crammed with annoyed travellers.
Some flights were delayed for up to five hours and 21 inbound aircraft were forced to divert.
Moment boozy Jet2 passengers are hauled off 7am flight for VAPING in their seats sparking mid-air emergency
Ryanair and Jet2 flights went as far away as Stansted and Manchester airports instead.
One family were forced to wait with 400 other people to collect their baggage, leaving her children "sobbing and crying".
Faye, who had been travelling with her partner and four children, were due to fly to Antalya in Turkey with Jet2 at 2.55pm.
But it later emerged her holiday had been "cancelled" as she received a text message saying there would be a full refund in four to five days.
Earlier, she told the BBC it was 'so hot and busy' in the airport, adding her family had been given £10 per person for food and drinks by the airline.
Faye said: "We've not been told anything. We found out about the incident on Facebook.
"Someone I met has already had their flight to Greece cancelled and a friend of mine had her flight rescheduled for later tonight.
"I'm a bag of nerves, I hate flying."
Several flights listed on the departures page of the airport's website, including to Paris Charles de Gaulle, Brussels and Belfast International, were cancelled yesterday.
